Joseph Casalino:
CLASS OF 1973
Lafayette High School 400Class of 1973
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph B. Cavallaro Intermediate School 281Class of 1970
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph's Story
Workplace
In 1977 I was discharged from the Navy and went to work on Wall Street where I spent about 10 years, 4 of them in building 5 World Trade Center. I worked in telecommunications in the banking business. Nothing special, but no regrets, ever. 1987 I became a merchant marine and have been sailing ships ever since. I work on ships supplying our military, and I am usually out of the country a good part of the year. I was in Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Somalia, and most recently Iraqi Freedom. I spent 8 months over there and just got back home in August. I have travelled the world extensively and although the work is hard and we'...Expand for more
re in harms way often, I could not think of doing anything different.
Military
After graduation in 1973 I enlisted in the Navy where I served aboard a Destroyer named USS Reeves as a Radioman 3rd class Petty Officer until my discharge in 1977. The Navy taught me electronics and communications which I used on Wall Street. I traveled and made some lifelong friends. I was lucky. It was an honor to serve my country, especially at a time when the country was divided in a war that made no sense. I am not political, nor do I discuss politics at length, enlisting was something I did to learn a trade, serve the U.S., and learn about myself.
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